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by Alfons
Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:24 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: new member
Replies: 26
Views: 6689

Re: new member

Yeh, Gooday Alfons! got a pic of the R75? Jeff. Hi Jeff, I must have a picture somewhere, but ont a digital one. My 75/5 was some sort of curry-coloured and it had a toaster tank. Beautiful bike at the time, and a wonderful ride with its short wheel base. The 750 engine was the best boxer engine ev...
by Alfons
Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:22 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: new member
Replies: 26
Views: 6689

Re: new member

Alfons doesn't sound much like a german name and that isn't a german flag on the back of the helmet in the first picture. Do you have something to confess...??? :lol: Hi electric_monk, I can assure you it is a German name (there are quite a few names that do sound sound as Teutonic as Hermann or ot...
by Alfons
Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:31 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: new member
Replies: 26
Views: 6689

Re: new member

Thank you very much for the warm welcome you have given me! There has been a couple of questions on the bike: it is a 1978 R 100/7, which at that time was sold in Germany with the double disk only. When BMW issued the /7 series in Germany in late 1976/early 1977 the R 100/7 had a single disk only an...
by Alfons
Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:29 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: new member
Replies: 26
Views: 6689

new member

Gentlemen, I would like to introduce myself: I live in Germany and I have been riding airheads since 1976, starting with an R 75/5 (SWB), moving to an R 100/7 in 1979, which I stil have today (one does not part with a lady one has celebrated one`s silver anniversary with), and some other airheads ov...